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BY TIMOTHY BOONE
Advocate business writer
December 03, 2012
Baton Rouge and New Orleans both ranked low in a report on how the world’s largest metro area economies are recovering from the global... Read more >

By Richard Rainey, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
on December 03, 2012 at 8:08 AM, updated December 03, 2012 at 9:01 AM
Delgado Community College, the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board and... Read more >

By Shelita Dalton, Terrytown Columnist
The front entrance of Grenta Middle School recently transformed into a football pep rally. Students and cheerleaders screamed, shouted and displayed handmade... Read more >

By Mark Waller, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
Google has launched a campaign to help New Orleans area small businesses build their presence on the Internet with help from university students at... Read more >

Spending cuts will also hit doctors who accept Medicare, people who get unemployment aid, defense contractors, air traffic controllers, national park rangers and companies that do research and... Read more >

By Andy Sullivan | Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Wednesday that Republicans would have to agree to raise taxes on the wealthy as the first step in a budget deal... Read more >

by Leroy Baker, Tax-News.com, New York
29 October 2012
The State of New York’s highest court, the Court of Appeal, has decided, but only by a 4-3 majority, that the admission charges and private... Read more >

By The Associated Press
on November 06, 2012 at 8:48 AM, updated November 06, 2012 at 8:58 AM
NEW YORK -- Stocks are heading higher in early trading on Wall Street as Americans lined up to cast... Read more >

A conference for small business owners at the University of New Orleans on Thursday will cover topics including Internet practices for small businesses, taking businesses global and tax strategies.... Read more >

Published Oct 19, 2012 at 3:00 pm (Updated Oct 19, 2012)
Louisiana has the sixth-most business-friendly climate in the nation, according to Area Development magazine's "2012 Top States for Doing... Read more >

By JOHN D. MCKINNON
A looming increase in the capital-gains tax rate next year is fueling sales of some privately-held businesses.
Many business owners—mostly founders who could gain a lot from... Read more >

A record 170 million people plan to celebrate Halloween this year with spending up to an expected new all time high of $8 billion dollars according to the National Retail Federation's 2012... Read more >

Robert A. Green, CPA, Contributor
Tax planning is very tricky this year with the fiscal cliff. Most people hope Congress and President Obama will act soon — after the November election and... Read more >